Lot 246
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A MEISSEN GILT WHITE BEAKER AND SAUCER
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A MEISSEN GILT WHITE BEAKER AND SAUCER

CIRCA 1720, BLUE ENAMEL CROSSED SWORDS MARK, DREHER'S .. TO FOOTRIM OF BEAKER AND TO FOOTRIM OF SAUCER, THE DESIGN TRADTIONALLY ASCRIBED TO JOHANN JACOB IRMINGER, THE GILT DECORATION TO GEORGE FUNKE

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A MEISSEN GILT WHITE BEAKER AND SAUCER
Circa 1720, blue enamel crossed swords mark, Dreher's .. to footrim of beaker and to footrim of saucer, the design tradtionally ascribed to Johann Jacob Irminger, the gilt decoration to George Funke
The lower part of the flared beaker and underside of the saucer with a band of gilt scrolls divided by moulded up-turned acanthus leaves enriched with gilt lines, the beaker with a further broad band of interlocking gilt scrolls below the rim, the interior of the beaker and upper side of the saucer richly gilt
3¼in. (8.3cm.) high, the beaker; 5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) diam., the saucer (2)

Lot Essay

Other pieces from the service to which the present beaker and saucer originally belonged include a coffee-pot and cover, beaker and trembleuse gadrooned saucer, and a teabowl and saucer in the Porzellan Sammlung, Dresden (Ingelore Menzhausen, Early Meissen Porcelain in Dresden, New York, 1988, pl. 35) and a teabowl and saucer in the Rijksmuseum (Abraham L. den Blauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2000, no. 14).

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